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Some pics of today’s rally in Hong Kong in solidarity with China’s Uighur Muslim minority.

I left before police moved in and broke up the rally after a small group removed a Chinese flag from a nearby government building.
Hong Kong riot police broke up a solidarity rally for China's Uighurs on Sunday -- with one officer drawing a pistol -- as the city's pro-democracy movement likened their plight to that of the oppressed Muslim minority.

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Strife-torn Hong Kong is sliding towards becoming a police state, US senator @HawleyMO warned Monday, as the financial hub braces for a rally calling on Washington to punish China over sliding freedoms.

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@HawleyMO @AFP The situation here is urgent." Hawley said. "Hong Kong is in danger of sliding towards a police state and representative government in Hong Kong is at risk and the one country two systems model is at risk."

(Thanks to @rasfan for capturing my serious thinking face 😂)
@HawleyMO @AFP @rasfan Hawley, a Republican senator for Missouri, made a quick two day visit to HK and is a so-sponsor of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.

Last night he was in Mongkok, which saw some pretty messy scenes.

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Many of Taiwan's villages are devoid of young people, often leaving the elderly feeling lonely.

In this amazing "graffiti village", local artist Wu Tsun-hsien is drawing crowds back.

@changphotog, @samafp & I enjoyed reporting this for @AFP.

Article: u.afp.com/JhkA
Dipping his brush into a tin of beige emulsion, Wu, carefully applies new layers of paint to his latest production -- a vibrant rural scene depicting farmers in traditional weave hats tending to a flock of animals.
"These drawings attracted many tourists to come visit," the 55-year-old artist explained. "The old people who were left here are no longer so bored. This was my biggest gain."
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Difficult to put into words the scenes we saw today as New Zealand marked the one week anniversary of the #Christchurch mosque massacres. For me it’s this photo I took shortly after prayers ended — to me it sums up how the nation has responded to the gunman’s race hatred 🇳🇿 🕌
The white supremacist racist gunman wanted to sow destruction and division. He may have succeeded on the first. But he has so far miserably failed on the latter.
Never have I seen so many non-Muslims flock to support Muslims as their pray.
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